Halo ODST: Reimagined Cutscene (Fan Cut) 

That one you'll have to take up with the old Bungie. It's Freecam with after-effects and SFX added in.

The YT Algorithm will make its round. This will go viral for us Halo fans

I always felt like this dude was wasted character potential

@@potatokilr7789 Dude has the only BR-55 in the entire game, he was definitely a main character in another story.

the original also had some painfully slow moments that made you wonder what everyone was doing off camera. Just standing around?

Thanks for the feedback. I actually can't take any credit for the animation, since this is all the in-game render of the cutscene. I just reshoot the cutscene in freecam mode, then add all of my visuals and sounds after. Any chance you could timestamp the shots you think could be improved? I'm still developing my director's eye, and it would be helpful to see what others are noticing.

@@ironsidemedia Ah, ok. I wasn't sure if this was still in game, thought maybe it was reanimated. Here are some of my nitpicks/feedback. Note that this criticism is in no way the "correct" way to do things and are just my opinions formed based on my knowledge of filmmaking. 0:27 I think the shot should have had Romeo aligned a little more to the left of the screen, and the framing a little lower. 0:42/0:43 Buck should be aligned more to the left rather than center. 0:54 to the right. 1:00-1:13 was phenomenal. very good. but at 1:13, the shot could be angled a little more to the left, or have Romeo aligned to the right side of the frame rather than centered. I think the biggest sin that was committed in this was the breaking of the 180-degree rule at 1:20-1:23. The camera should not have been at the position it was at 1:20. The shot itself was great, however when you break the 180 rule it can disorient the viewer. For example, he got launched from left to right, but then in the next shot it seems he got launched from right to left if that makes any sense at all. 1:31 the camera could be brought down a little more, and then the 180 rule is broken again switching to 1:34. There was a very small shot around 1:41 that happened for a second. This shot could have been exempt. When you have very short shots they can be sometimes jarring and make the viewer feel like they missed something. 1:47 seemed a little awkward. maybe a side profile would have looked better here. 1:49-1:55 had more 180 rule breaks - the shots look very good, but you should still definitely keep in mind if you are breaking the 180-degree rule. I was very guilty of breaking this rule for the sake of pretty shots, so don't feel too bad about it. 2:17 is a very good example about why the 180-degree rule is important. At 2:17 he comes from left towards the right, so you would expect the momentum to come from the left, however at 2:18 the momentum is coming from the right which feels weird, because the viewer would be expecting a continuous motion coming from the left. 2:35 good shot, but maybe frame Dutch just a little more to the left.

​@@BlueFlameStudiosOfficialI see. Thanks for such a detailed breakdown. My creative background lies in still art and photo manipulations, so it can be easy to overlook minor issues when I'm editing a project this large. I will try to better apply these rules better going forward.

lolz

Glad you enjoyed it. In the interest of fairness, I did originally ask for feedback in the description. (And they definitely answered that call. Lol) Thanks a lot for the encouragement though. It's always appreciated.

@@ironsidemedia keep up the awesome work 👍

I actually reached out to GeneralKidd directly, and he helped me get mod tools working on my PC. But apart from that, it's all been trial and error on learning what is possible. I'd be happy to teach you what I've learned if you wanted.

@@ironsidemedia Appreciate it! Sent you a direct message

Yeah, the original is pretty sparse when it comes to dialogue. So I used a mixture of lines from Reach's firefight, and AI voice acting to better flesh out the scene.

@@ironsidemedia huh, nice.

Honestly, that was something that always bothered me about the original cutscene. I tried to give it some heft, but it really would be a miracle that buck wasn't crushed on impact.